Federal Register Summary for week of 15 October

Agriculture

Information Collection; Research Data Archive Use Tracking

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; request for comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and
organizations on the currently approved information collection,
Research Data Archive Use Tracking.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before December 13,
2010 to be assured of consideration. Comments received after that date
will be considered to the extent practicable.

The public may inspect comments received at Forest Service--Forest
Products Laboratory, 1 Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, WI, during
normal business hours. Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to 608-
231-9234 to facilitate entry to the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Rugg, Forest Service, Northern
Research Station, 608-231-9234. Individuals who use telecommunication
devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at
1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday
through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Research Data Archive Use Tracking.

OMB Number: 0596-0210.

Expiration Date of Approval: 04/30/2011.

Type of Request: Extension with no Revision.

Abstract: The Forest Service Research and Development (FS R&D)
group has created a data archive to store and disseminate data
collected in the course of its scientific research. Preparing data sets
for the archive requires significant effort from researchers. The
Forest Service has an obligation to encourage ethical use of archived
FS R&D data sets and needs to know how others are using the archived
data sets. This information assists FS R&D personnel in evaluating the
research program. Information about the use of the products of a
scientist's research is of significant importance in scientist
performance evaluations.

When a member of the public requests a copy of a data set, FS R&D
will collect the following information: Name; affiliation; contact
information (including e-mail address); Statement of Intended Use; and
Data Use Agreement. The Data Use Agreement and associated information
collection closely follow the data access structure used by the
National Science Foundation's Long Term Ecological Research network. FS
R&D managers believe that this structure provides a sound balance
between meeting obligations to its scientific staff and ease-of-access
by the research community. The Statement of Intended Use will not
determine access to a particular data set. A form at the archive web
site will collect the information and the data set author will use the
Data Use Agreements to describe the impact of research accomplishments
prior to performance appraisals.

The collection of Data Use Agreements will be evaluated by the data
archiving program to identify opportunities for improving the archive's
function and offerings. The FS R&D communications office will use the
agreements to assist in assessing the effectiveness of FS R&D research
and technology transfer.

The FS R&D data archive is a new activity and participation is
voluntary. This information collection is a critical component in the
campaign to encourage Forest Service scientists to deposit their
research data in the archive system. Sharing research data is very
useful to the broader research community and sharing of well documented
FS R&D data sets via the archive will be impossible without this
information collection.

Estimate of Annual Burden: 10-15 minutes per respondent.

Type of Respondents: Scientists, particularly in fields studying
natural resources; resource specialists in nonprofits and other
government agencies.

Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 200.

Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 50 hours.

Comment Is Invited: Comment is invited on: (1) Whether this
collection of information is necessary for the stated purposes and the
proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether
the information will have practical or scientific utility; (2) the
accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.

All comments received in response to this notice, including names
and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record.
Comments will be summarized and included in the submission request
toward Office of Management and Budget approval.

Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee; Public Meeting

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Marine Protected
Areas Federal Advisory Committee (Committee) in Santa Barbara,
California.

DATES: The meeting will be held Tuesday, November 2, 2010, from 8:30
a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Wednesday, November 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
These times and the agenda topics described below are subject to
change. Refer to the Web page listed below for the most up-to-date
meeting agenda.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Fess Parker's Doubletree Resort,
633 East Cabrillo Blvd., Santa Barbara, California.

Notice of Availability for Public Comment on the Interagency Ocean Observation; Committee Proposed Certification Design Process

AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

SUMMARY: The NOAA Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Program
publishes this notice on behalf of the Interagency Ocean Observation
Committee (IOOC) to announce a 60-day public comment period for the
proposed certification design process mandated by the Integrated
Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 (ICOOS Act). The IOOC
will use the proposed process to develop certification standards for
non-federal assets, including regional information coordination
entities, to establish eligibility for integration into the Integrated
Ocean Observing System (System).

DATES: Written, faxed or e-mailed comments must be received no later
than 5 p.m. eastern standard time on November 15, 2010.

ADDRESSES: The IOOC proposed certification design process and
additional background material is available for review from the IOOC
Web site URL: http://www.iooc.us or the IOOS Program Web site URL:
http://www.ioos.gov. For the public unable to access the Internet,
printed copies can be requested by contacting the IOOC Support Office
at the address below. The public is encouraged to submit comments
electronically to certification@iooc.us. If you are unable to access
the Internet, comments may be submitted via fax or regular mail. Faxed
comments should be sent to 202-332-8887 with Attn: IOOC Support Office.
Comments may be submitted in writing to the Consortium for Ocean
Leadership, Attention: IOOC Support Office, 1201 New York Avenue, NW.,
4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about this
notice, please contact the IOOC Support Office, telephone: 202-787-
1622; E-mail: certification@iooc.us or the IOOS Program Office,
telephone 301-427-2442.

Defense

Chief of Engineers Environmental Advisory Board

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), announcement is made of the following
committee meeting:

Name of Committee: Chief of Engineers Environmental Advisory Board
(EAB).

Topic: The EAB will discuss national considerations related to
ecosystem restoration through integrated water resources management
with emphasis on long-term recovery in the Gulf of Mexico, sea level
rise in south Florida, and progress and status of South Florida
ecosystem restoration.

Thirty minutes will be set aside for public comment. Members of the
public who wish to speak are asked to register prior to the start of
the meeting. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. Statements are
limited to 3 minutes.

Environmental Protection Agency

Request for Nominations to the National Advisory Committee for the Development of Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites
nominations from a diverse range of qualified candidates to be
considered for appointment to the National Advisory Committee for the
Development of Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGLs) for Hazardous
Substances (NAC/AEGL Committee).

DATES: Nominations should be submitted by November 12, 2010 in order to
ensure fullest consideration. It is anticipated that vacancies will be
filled by March 2011.

Revisions to EPA's Rule on Protections for Subjects in Human Research Involving Pesticides; Notification to the Secretary of Agriculture

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notification to the Secretary of Agriculture.

SUMMARY: This document notifies the public that the Administrator of
EPA has forwarded to the Secretary of Agriculture a draft proposed rule
as required by section 25(a) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). As described in the Agency's semi-annual
Regulatory Agenda, the draft proposed rule would amend the portions of
EPA's rules for the protection of human subjects of research that apply
to third parties who conduct or support research for pesticides
involving intentional exposure of human subjects, and to persons who
submit the results of human research for pesticides to EPA. EPA agreed
to propose these amendments as a result of a settlement agreement
resolving a judicial challenge to the promulgation of these rules in
2006, and is now seeking comments on these draft proposed amendments
from the Secretary of Agriculture. The draft proposed amendments would
clarify the applicability of the rules to human testing for pesticides
submitted to EPA under any statute, would disallow consent by a legally
authorized representative of participants in pesticide studies who
cannot consent for themselves, and would identify specific
considerations to be addressed in EPA science and ethics reviews of
proposed and completed human research for pesticides, based on the
recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences and on the
Nuremberg Code.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0785. All documents in the
docket are listed in the docket index available in http://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain
other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the
Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form.
Publicly available docket materials are available in the electronic
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard
copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac
Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The Docket
Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703)
305-5805.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people. The public is
welcome to participate during the public comment period. The public
comment period is tentatively scheduled for 2:30 to 2:45 p.m.

Purpose: The committee will provide advice to the CDC Director
on strategic and other broad issues facing CDC.

Matters to be Discussed: The ACD, CDC will receive updates from
the Global Workgroup; State, Tribal, Local and Territorial
Workgroup; Surveillance and Epidemiology Workgroup; and the Policy
Workgroup. The Ethics Subcommittee and National Biosurveillance
Advisory Subcommittee will provide updates on their current
activities.

The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining
to announcements of meetings and other committee management
activities, for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Working Lunch
Break-out Groups Report to Full Committee
Visit with NSF Director and Deputy Director

November 4, 2010 (Thursday)

Receipt of Committee of Visitor Reports for:

Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Program
Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Program
Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology Program
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Undergraduate Program
Tribal Colleges and Universities Program

Joint Meeting with Members of the Mathematical and Physical
Sciences Advisory Committee.

Office of Science and Technology Policy

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Meeting; Notice of Meeting: Partially Closed Meeting of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

ACTION: Public notice.

Summary: This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for a
partially closed meeting of the President's Council of Advisors on
Science and Technology (PCAST), and describes the functions of the
Council. Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App.

DATES: November 4, 2010.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Keck Center of the National
Academies, 500 5th Street, NW., Room Keck 100, Washington, DC.

Type of Meeting: Open and Closed.

Proposed Schedule and Agenda: The President's Council of Advisors
on Science and Technology (PCAST) is scheduled to meet in open session
on November 4, 2010 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a lunch break from 12
p.m. to 1 p.m.

Open Portion of Meeting: During this open meeting, PCAST is
tentatively scheduled to hear presentations on science and technology
enterprise planning, national security, and international affairs.
PCAST members will also discuss reports they are developing on the
topics of advanced manufacturing and the Networking and Information
Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program. Additional
information and the agenda will be posted at the PCAST Web site at:
http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast.

Closed Portion of the Meeting: PCAST may hold a closed meeting of
approximately 1 hour with the President on November 4, 2010, which must
take place in the White House for the President's scheduling
convenience and to maintain Secret Service protection. This meeting
will be closed to the public because such portion of the meeting is
likely to disclose matters that are to be kept secret in the interest
of national defense or foreign policy under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). The
precise date and time of this potential meeting has not yet been
determined.

Public Comments: It is the policy of the PCAST to accept written
public comments of any length, and to accommodate oral public comments
whenever possible. The PCAST expects that public statements presented
at its meetings will not be repetitive of previously submitted oral or
written statements.

The public comment period for this meeting will take place on
November 4, 2010 at a time specified in the meeting agenda posted on
the PCAST Web site at http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. This public
comment period is designed only for substantive commentary on PCAST's
work, not for business marketing purposes.

Oral Comments: To be considered for the public speaker list at the
meeting, interested parties should register to speak at http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast, no later than 5 p.m. Eastern Time on
Wednesday, October 27, 2010. Phone or e-mail reservations will not be
accepted. To accommodate as many speakers as possible, the time for
public comments will be limited to two (2) minutes per person, with a
total public comment period of 30 minutes. If more speakers register
than there is space available on the agenda, PCAST will randomly select
speakers from among those who applied. Those not selected to present
oral comments may always file written comments with the committee.
Speakers are requested to bring at least 25 copies of their oral
comments for distribution to the PCAST members.

Written Comments: Although written comments are accepted until the
date of the meeting, written comments should be submitted to PCAST at
least two weeks prior to each meeting date, October 20, 2010, so that
the comments may be made available to the PCAST members prior to the
meeting for their consideration. Information regarding how to submit
comments and documents to PCAST is available at http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast in the section entitled "Connect with PCAST.''

Please note that because PCAST operates under the provisions of
FACA, all public comments and/or presentations will be treated as
public documents and will be made available for public inspection,
including being posted on the PCAST Web site.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information regarding the meeting
agenda, time, location, and how to register for the meeting is
available on the PCAST Web site at: http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. A
live video webcast and an archive of the webcast after the event will
be available at http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. The archived video
will be available within one week of the meeting. Questions about the
meeting should be directed to Dr. Deborah D. Stine, PCAST Executive
Director, at dstine@ostp.eop.gov, (202) 456-6006. Please note that
public seating for this meeting is limited and is available on a first-
come, first-served basis.